Syncope: Driving Advice is Frequently Overlooked

Overview

Journal Postgrad Med J

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialty General Medicine

Date 1996 Sep 1

PMID 8949597

Citations 6

Authors

M MacMahon

D ONeill

R A Kenny

Affiliations

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Abstract

Consecutive referrals to a syncope clinic were asked about the frequency of enquiries about driving status by referring general practitioners and/or hospital specialists. Although 40% were drivers, only 13% of patients had been previously asked about driving, and 12% of drivers had experienced symptoms whilst driving. This represents an important oversight on the part of referring doctors.

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